Shirley Williams

Overview

Shirley Williams born London, England July 27, 1930. Daughter of pacifist Vera Brittain; co-founder internationalist Social Democratic Party 1981; Labour Minister of Education 1976-9: helped draft constitutions of South Africa, Russia, Ukraine as Harvard professor; leader in effort to reduce nuclear weapons.

Quotations

"It is only within such a multi-lateral framework that we can hope to negotiate international agreements covering arms control and disarmament and to grapple effectively with the poverty of the Third World." (Limehouse Declaration, Jan. 25, 1981; 1972 photo The Guardian)